7 Things I’d Like to Ask the Contestants on “The Glass House”

ABC has been pimping promoting the heck out of it’s latest reality show over the past few weeks, for this “Big Brother”-ish program that premieres tonight (June 18th).

Here is the premise of this provocative, soon to be Emmy-winning, voyeuristic, social-media-influenced, stellar television programming (aka, rubbish) taken straight off the ABC website – The Glass House:

The Glass House features fourteen contestants living and competing for a quarter million dollars in a totally wired, state-of-the-art house.

Through online and their social networks, viewers will be encouraged to support and follow the contestants they like and those they don’t.

Several times a week, viewers can watch a live online feed of the players and vote to decide everything from what they wear and eat, to the games they play, even where they sleep.

So, after reading about it, I thought I’d give you the opportunity *misfortune* of stepping into my mind and see …

The seven things I’d like to ask the contestants on (or is it “in”?) The Glass House:

Ha! Wow. This sounds a lot like The Hunger Games, and not in the good way. I’m picky about my reality shows. They usually have a much smaller budget. Did I say ‘picky’? I meant shameless. …Am I too old to audition for The Glee Project?

mj my short answer to your very funny post is ‘No, never in a million years No’. These reality shows bring out a cruel streak in human nature that is best left to rest..if not to disappear altogether. to you though x

Why don’t people try to get along in those shows? Do you think the producers tell them to be mean or create drama that isn’t there? And wouldn’t it be compelling to see people being nice to each other? Maybe not, but I’d like to see it.

Now mj I wanted to say (and I really should have done) that if purse string tightening meant that you were considering entering one of these things….weeeellll then what a housemate you would make….where’s the entry form? See, way too flirty!!! x

I don’t know that my budget would ever get tight enough to willingly try out for one of those reality shows where everyone is at each other’s throats. But you would be a pleasant housemate, I’m sure of it.

i had not even heard of this show….but i am sure it will be silly. i do like reality talent and skill shows, though. i like to see how creative people can be under pressure. maybe someone will make a blogging reality show. haha! we could luve in glass houses.

Hi,
I haven’t heard of this new show, but I know the show Big Brother that used to be on here in Oz, and honestly I don’t understand how this show kept going year after year, I only watched it once and then not till the end, I thought it was ridiculous.
So if this new show is similar and it does sound like it is, I will not be one of the viewers.

These are the kind of vapid shows that my half dead brain loves. Total brain candy. No thinking involved, although this one lets viewers chime in, so something might be involved. I would love to say I refused to watch it, but to be honest, I’ll probably catch a few shows. Just for research purposes, you understand. What better way to develop narcissistic/sociopathic characters than to to watch these shows? Your questions are brilliant. I think we need them to be answered ~ send them in to the housemates once the show starts!

No interest in the show. We watched maybe the first season of Big Brother but then it just became too weird and we stopped. Even American Idol became boring so we don’t watch the whole season of that either. Our occasional reality shows now are House Hunters and House hunter International (which I just heard is completely staged, they use their own homes and friends homes but never have to “buy” anything. It’s all for entertainment the network said.) Pawn stars, and Storage Wars. The TV isn’t on much of the time anymore.

I recently heard that about HH. Still can’t believe that. Watched so many episodes of that show. You’re probably not missing much in general. We have our favorite shows, some better than others. Not really into the voyeuristic shows. Just too much drama.

This may sound snooty, but if you get rid of the television, this garbage really does go away. I haven’t had a tv in almost a decade. I don’t know who people are on tv anymore. If I really want to see something, I can find it online. It’s a beautiful, peaceful living.

I can’t abide so-called “reality TV”. It creeps me out the way they let people into their lives for money. And also, some of the home improvement and cooking shows are all staged anyway, so what’s the point?

The only reality shows I watch are talent based competition shows… Top Chef, Project Runway and So You Think You Can Dance. Shows that are just about people doing stupid things just to be on tv don’t do anything for me.

I had no idea this show existed (I haven’t had a tv in forever, lol). I think it’s hilarious what crazy things people come up with. I’ll have to try and catch at least a part of this sometime, lol Thanks for sharing!

No thanks on the show. I think I’m fine sitting on the back porch humming the song, “Home on the Range” while watching my little deer eat and play. Honestly, I just never got interested in the TV. I’m a weirdo. I love a good romance movie, wildlife and nature documentaries… and old comedies. But, it’s a rarity to catch me watching the TV at all.

I’m afraid I won’t be watching this quality program, MJ. My reality TV viewing is strictly limited to the Bachelor/Bachelorette. There’s only so much, um… television brilliance?… that a girl can stand.

I don’t think I’ve seen one whole Bachelor or Bachelorette. I watched a little of the Bachelorette, but it was hard for me to watch how easily people can throw caution to the wind in front of millions of people. I like the romance side of those shows, though.

A little over 10 years ago, before Big Brother began, I had decided to watch the show when I read the promos itself because the premise was new. I got sucked into it quickly and spent quite a bit of time participating in vociferous discussions on a few BB related fora. I enjoyed the heated debates, too!

‘The Glass House’ is not fundamentally new. And I have other (far more interesting) things I can now waste my time with. So I’m giving it a miss.

Hang on a sec. Now, if Peter Jennings were to make an appearance* somehow, I’d be in like that! *snap of the fingers*

Michael, the only reality show I watch is “Project Runway.” Even though I have little or no fashion sense, I love to watch how creative the designers are. As for living in a big house with a bunch of strangers … nah! I had trouble enough when I had one roommate.

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I used to watch Survivor, the first pretty well done ‘reality TV show’. That’s gotten goofy as well so I don’t follow it like I used to.
As for the other so-called reality shows, they’re all staged and fake and mind-numbing to boot. Nope, won’t be watching this new offering.
BTW, what’s with your new avatar? Are you reverse aging? What gives? or did I miss that in earlier posts?